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Hundreds of New Yorkers, some crying and others wearing photo-emblazoned T-shirts, gathered Friday to mourn a 6-year-old Brooklyn boy stabbed in a public housing project elevator.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Rev. Al Sharpton attended a private wake before the funeral of Prince Joshua Avitto, known as P.J. The line of relatives, friends and community members stretched around the block outside the St. Paul Community Baptist Church in the East New York neighborhood. Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson, who called Avitto his cousin, attended the service with Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau.

Brooklyn Child Stab Suspect Eyed in Chelsea Attack

Police are probing whether a suspect accused of stabbing two children in a Brooklyn elevator on Sunday may be connected to a stabbing in a Chelsea subway station three days later, police say. Jonathan Dienst reports. (Published Thursday, Jun 5, 2014)

Slideshows of the smiling boy were displayed above the church's main stage.

Spectators Jeer as Brooklyn Stab Suspect Leaves Precinct

Police are probing whether a suspect accused of stabbing two children in a Brooklyn elevator on Sunday may be connected to a stabbing in a Chelsea subway station three days later, police say. Checkey Beckford reports. (Published Thursday, Jun 5, 2014)

Police said Daniel St. Hubert is also a suspect in the Wednesday nonfatal stabbing of a homeless man on a Manhattan subway platform and the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Tanaya Copeland a week ago, just blocks from the Brooklyn elevator attack. He is not charged in those crimes.

Investigators are now reviewing all stabbings citywide that have occurred since St. Hubert's release on May 23.

Suspect in Brooklyn Stabbings Arrested

Police have arrested a 27-year-old man on parole for assault in the stabbings of two children in a Brooklyn elevator, a law enforcement official says. Gus Rosendale reports. (Published Wednesday, Jun 4, 2014)

St. Hubert, 27, served time for attempted murder and assault. Court records show he was arrested in May 2009 after punching his mother in the face, choking her with an electrical cord and stealing her car. He pleaded guilty in July 2012.

St. Hubert was expected to get a new lawyer on Friday, according to the Brooklyn district attorney's office.

Man Who Stabbed Kids May Have Killed Teen

Police are looking for a man who attacked two children in an elevator, stabbing a 6-year-old boy to death and critically injuring a 7-year-old girl, in what appeared to be a random attack days after he may have also brutally stabbed a teenager nearby. Ida Siegal reports. (Published Monday, Jun 2, 2014)